Shen Tingjun asked again where the new house was, but Sang Nianyue was unwilling, let alone answered.
But she also knew that if Shen Tingjun really wanted to find out something, it would only take one sentence. There is no point in hiding it from him, it will only annoy him for nothing. Sang Nianyue didn't want to test what he would do when he was angry. No matter how reluctant she was, she could only tell him the address of the house.
Shen Tingjun nodded lightly, with an inscrutable look on his face, "What are you going to do to move here?"
"I don't know, it should be after the new year." Sang Nuanyue turned away her face, lowered her head, unconsciously grinding the snow on the ground with her toes, feeling a little confused.
"Can the house be repaired in such a short time?"
"It's definitely not possible to repair everything neatly, but it shouldn't be a problem to repair the yard where Qing'er and I live."
"Are you in a hurry to move out?"
Sang Nuanyue didn't know what Shen Tingjun meant by asking, so she raised her head and glanced at him. She was really cold, the tip of her nose was red, and her eyes were watery. The watery peach blossom eyes were shining with stars under the light of the lantern, looking enchanting and dazzling.
Shen Tingjun stared at her with burning eyes, which were deep and dark, full of oppression. But beneath this sense of oppression, there seems to be a deep-seated plunder and strong possessiveness.
The ink was so thick, it was like an abyss with no bottom. Because it is unknown, because it has never been explored, it is even more frightening.
Sang Nuanyue was worried and hurriedly avoided his sight, and began to speak incoherently. "I'm not in a hurry to move out. I'm living quite well in Rose Garden now. I just have to have my own place after all..."
"Come closer." Shen Tingjun said suddenly.
Sang Nuanyue thought she was hallucinating, and looked at him with wide-open eyes in disbelief, "What did you say, Mr. Marquis?"
"Come closer...Why are you so far away? Are you afraid of me?"
Afraid? Who can not be afraid of the unkind and always unpredictable Marquis Wu An?
Sang Nuanyue's face was red and white, and she stood there unable to move a step.
Unable to wait for her to arrive, Shen Tingjun snorted and took two steps forward. This time, the distance between the two was only one step.
Su Jin had already taken a few steps to the side, knowing that it was inappropriate to leave the girl to deal with the Marquis by herself, but this was Marquis Wu'an, the master of the entire Marquis Mansion. He has great power and is used to being in control. If he wants to do anything, there is nothing he can't do.
Judging from these few contacts, Wu Anhou's feelings towards his girl...
Su Jin was confused and wanted to save the girl, but she didn't know how to do it. She finally summoned up the courage to say, "It's too late," but Cheng Yi, who had been following Shen Hou pretending to be invisible, spoke first, "Girl, please take a few more steps to the side. Don't affect Mr. Hou and you." The girl speaks."
Su Jin's scalp was numb, and when Shen Tingjun glanced over, her throat was congested, and she could only respond hesitantly, "Okay, okay."
Su Jin and Cheng Yi walked to the other side where there was no wind, where they could see all the pedestrians on the road. If someone comes, they will alert you immediately.
After seeing what the two of them had done, Sang Nianyue was slightly relieved, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Shen Tingjun very close to her. He was leaning slightly, and his lips seemed to be falling on her face.
Sang Nuanyue was frightened and stepped back hard... She didn't retreat, and her waist was clamped.
Shen Tingjun said in a hoarse voice, "Cousin, be careful."
Sang Ningyue's face turned red, and she struggled to get out of his arms. Fortunately, Shen Tingjun only looked at her intently for a moment and then let go of her hand.
Sang Nianyue had no impression of what the two said after that. Her whole body was extremely erratic, her head was swollen, and her panic was about to pop out of her throat.
She and Shen Tingjun had close contact. That time she was thrown off the horse by the bandit leader, and Shen Tingjun hugged her and rolled around twice. She was conscious at that time, but the situation between the two of them was too embarrassing. She didn't want to open her eyes and face such a complicated situation, so she could only continue to pretend to be unconscious.
At that time, he clamped down on her slender waist and held her tightly in his arms. He smelled the fragrance on her body, and his eyes swept over every inch of her face wildly and wildly.
For a long time after that, Sang Nuanyue could always feel the strength and heat in her waist, and she felt as if there was always breath on her face. She was obsessed with this for a long time, and her thoughts were in a mess.
But that was when she was in a coma, and everything could be fooled by her own ignorance. But even though it was night now, she was awake, but he still hugged her unscrupulously and stared at her with such unscrupulous eyes...
That night Sang Nianyue didn't know how she walked back to Rose Garden. She was delirious and her mind was in chaos, as if it was filled with paste.
After washing up and sitting in front of the dressing mirror to comb her long hair, Su Jin poured out the foot washing water and stood behind Sang Nuanyue, looking thoughtful.
"girl."
Sang Nuanyue said "Hmm", still a little absent-minded, "What's wrong?"
"You and Mr. Hou..."
Sang Nianyue's action of combing her hair paused in mid-air. Su Jin took the comb in her hand and combed her long satin-like hair. The girl's hair is black and translucent, hanging long around her waist. Her figure is graceful and graceful, and her face is plump and beautiful.
She is still in her best years, but her heart is already old.
"Master Hou, to you..."
"...I know what you mean." It took Sang Nuanyue a long time to utter a word. Her chest was so tight that the emotions suppressed in her chest were complicated, but she had nowhere to express them. Her throat was also congested and she could not speak, and her hands anxiously pinched the corners of her clothes, exposing the chaos in her heart.
"He is Marquis Wu'an. If he really wants to do something, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." I can't stop him.
"Girl, why don't we move out as soon as possible? Don't think about it after the new year. It's only a temporary thing that we can avoid. What do you think, girl?"
Sang Nuanyue said "Okay" with a dumb voice.
Su Jin's voice became cheerful. Although she was pretending to be cheerful, she was actually in a heavier mood than Sang Nuanyue.
She was a bystander, and she watched every step of the interaction between the Marquis and the girl. The emotion in Mr. Hou's eyes was so intense that they might not be able to avoid it if they wanted to.
However, one cannot just sit back and wait for death.
The Sang family is a scholarly family, and all their ancestors have achieved fame. The girl herself has read a lot of poems and books, and is well versed in the etiquette and shame of poems and books. The girl would not agree to let the girl follow the Marquis without a name or status, but the Marquis' mansion could never tolerate a widowed clan wife.
After all, there are only three words: "no fate".
Now that she had made her decision, Sang Nuanyue's expression gradually returned to its former calmness.
She asked Su Jin to go out early the next morning and tell the nanny to just buy finished furniture and arrange her and Qing'er's yard as soon as possible so that she could move there as soon as possible.
"Girl, where's the earth dragon? Is it still there?" Su Jin asked.
Sang Nianyue gritted her teeth and said, "I won't lay it down for now. After all, spring will begin soon and it will be warm. Once we live there, we can find time to lay it out again."
Su Jin said "Okay", and the master and servant went to rest with their own thoughts.
However, the next day, Su Jin failed to go out as she wished.
Just because the heavy snow has not stopped, it has been falling from last night to this morning, and it was still raining overwhelmingly after breakfast.
The snow on the ground was knee-deep, and such heavy snow was even more powerful than the last time. Looking at this energy, I don’t know when I will stop. It will be too difficult to go out to do errands.
Sang Nianyue had to change her mind, "Then we'll go two days later. It's just two days late. It won't hinder anything."
Su Jin saw the girl's forced smile, but she couldn't say anything.
It’s so hard to clear the snow in the yard, let alone the streets. Carrying the furniture to the new house is extremely difficult, not to mention that the new house must be very stormy. With only three nannies, I don’t know when they will be able to clear a way.
Sang Nianyue worriedly hurriedly joined the snow clearing team, but was driven back to the room by Dongxue and Su Xin.
She had no choice but to sit next to Qing'er, holding a book and reading in boredom. In fact, her mind was already far away.
Qing'er looked at her sister again and found that she was still looking at the previous page. She couldn't help but asked worriedly, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Are you worried?"
"Why do you ask that?" Sang Nianyue laughed softly and touched the top of her brother's hair softly with her palms.
Qing'er said, "Sister, if you have something on your mind, please don't hide it from me. When you and Sister Sujin came back from outside yesterday, I saw that you were a little distracted. But my sister didn't say anything, so I didn't ask. But this morning, my sister was still worried and anxious. , There is even a knot between the eyebrows."
Qing'er made a gesture on her sister's forehead and pursed her lips unhappily, "Look, sister is frowning again. Sister, I'm already old. If you have anything to do, you can tell me and let me share some of it with you. You don't want to Keep everything inside and I will worry about you.”
Sang Nuoyue smiled, but her eye circles were red. "Okay, sister, I will definitely tell you if I have anything to do."
"Sister fooled me again." Qing'er looked disappointed, "Did sister get angry at the old lady? The old lady didn't like the dishes my sister brought, and it made her look bad, didn't she? If that's the case, let's move out. Sister, I don’t want you to continue to be wronged.”
"No, it's not the old lady. The old lady likes the dishes we chose very much. Yesterday she even said that we were 'careful'." Sang Nianyue tried her best to smile, "Sister is not unhappy because of the old lady. Sister is... yes I miss home. When I was still in Jinzhou, every time when dripping water turned into ice, my father would have people make ice lanterns all over the yard. I liked ice lanterns, and they would wander around the yard at that time. Although my parents made fun of me for being playful , but always stay with me..."
She really shed tears as she spoke, "Qing'er, I miss my parents."
"I miss my parents too, but I don't even know what they look like."
The siblings cried together and hugged each other as they cried.
Several maids in the courtyard heard the commotion and ran over quickly, and saw the siblings' faces full of tears. Su was extremely anxious and wanted to go over and try to persuade them, but Su Jin understood what was going on and waved them aside.
It doesn't matter if a girl cries, she always keeps everything in her heart. Even if she is not sick, she will get sick if she keeps it in.
This heavy snowfall lasted throughout the day and gradually became lighter in the evening.
At night, when Sang Nuanyue was about to rest, the snowflakes that had been falling all day and night finally stopped.
Everything was quiet, and the house was illuminated by the thick snowflakes outside. I don't know whether she cried during the day to vent her emotions, or whether she was too sleepy because she didn't have a good rest yesterday. Sang Nianyue fell into a deep sleep, but fell into a deep sleep within a moment.
But her dream didn't stop that night.
A man whose appearance she couldn't see clearly appeared in her dream.
The man held her waist and rubbed his hands on her body. The movement was erotic, ambiguous, and Sang Nuanyue couldn't help but tremble under his palm.
She struggled to see his face clearly. First she saw Wang Wenju, and then Shen Tinglan. She always felt that something was wrong with these two people, so she saw Shen Tingjun again.
Sang Nuanyue woke up from the fright, sweating all over her body.
She felt so heavy that it was hard for her to breathe. Looking down, he saw that he was covered with two thick quilts. And there was a warm soup at her feet, and there was a half-burned brazier in the room...
The cold wind blew in through the small gap next to the window, and the sweat on Sang Nuanyue's body disappeared in just a moment.
She didn't dare to get out of bed for fear of catching a cold if she walked around. So he simply lifted up the quilt, kicked Yubazi out, then turned sideways and rested his arm on his pillow, and fell asleep again after a long time.
…
There are only two days left before Shen Yuyao's hairpin ceremony, and the entire Wu'an Hou Mansion is extremely busy.
Maybe it was to avoid suspicion, maybe she didn't want to cause trouble to the old lady in her busy schedule, but for some unknown reason, Sang Nianyue didn't go to Heyan Hall in the past two days.
Not only did she not go to Heyan Hall, she never even left the gate of Rose Garden.
During this period, Zhou Baolu came to look for her again and said that he would take her out to choose clothes.
Shen Yuyao and Sang Ningyue were going to make an appearance. She originally didn't want to attend, but Shen Yuyao didn't care about these unlucky things. She boasted that she had a good relationship with Sang Ningyue, so she went to Rose Garden to invite her in person. In addition, the old lady also said sincerely that she wanted her to witness her daughter's coming-of-age ceremony. Sang Nuanyue pushed but couldn't push it through, and thinking about the kindness of the old lady and Shen Yuyao, she finally agreed.
Since she was going to attend Shen Yuyao's haircut ceremony, she had to buy new clothes and jewelry, so Zhou Baolu came over to invite Sang Nianyue out.
She also told Sang Nianyue that she had done a lot to be able to appear on a "big occasion" this time. Without her, it would be a fantasy for Sang Nianyue to show up in front of the nobles in the capital. So Sang Nuanyue has this good fortune, and she has to thank her.
But Sang Nianyue didn't think Zhou Baolu had such good intentions, and Zhou Baolu was so angry when she said this, with deep calculation in her eyes, which made Sang Nianyue have to worry.
Sang Nianyue once again rejected Zhou Baolu's invitation. No matter how Zhou Baolu coaxed her into saying that this time her cousin was having a treat, Sang Nianyue was completely unmoved.
When Zhou Baolu finally walked out of Rose Garden, his face was still very ugly.
When she reached the fork in the road, her expression did not improve. She even said harshly, "Shameless. I gave you a chance, but you didn't seize it. If you miss this time, you will lose face next time." In front of everyone, don't blame me, my cousin, for not giving you a choice." Then he said bitterly, "You forced me to do it! You asked for it!"
The person following Zhou Baolu this time was Zhijin. Looking at his wife's ferocious expression, Zhijin was very frightened. But when she thought of Sang Nuanyue, she felt pity for Sang Nuanyue, but also thought, who asked her to provoke the third master for no reason?
The Madam had originally intended to exchange her for wealth, but the Madam's method was more "gentle" and would only make her lose face in private. Sang Nuanyue was fine, drinking the third master to flirt with her, but at the same time he regarded his wife as a tiger or a wolf. She didn't even dare to go out on the street with her wife, which forced her to have no choice but to take a desperate risk and try to get her hair-cut gift from the Yuyao girl.
At this point, there is no retreat.
Sang Nuanyue wanted to lose her face in front of everyone, and she asked for it.
Although it was pitiful, who made her make the wrong choice?
*
Finally the day came for Shen Yuyao and Hairpin Li.
The weather was really good that day, the temperature was high, and the sun made my whole body warm and comfortable.
But because there was too much snow in the past few days and the snowflakes have not melted, now the temperature is rising, and there are patches of wet spots in the yard.
However, there is no need to worry about this situation in Wu'anhou's mansion.
Because in just two days, the Hou Mansion dispatched all the servants to clear away the snow in all places where the guests would see it.
They were not taken outside, they were just piled up in the deserted courtyard at the end of Wu'anhou Mansion.
Therefore, from a glance, Wu'anhou Mansion is clean. Except for some snowflakes on some exceptionally thick and tall trees, which decorated the whole winter, there were no other traces.
It was still early, and Sang Nuanyue went to the old lady's place early.
She boasted that she came early enough, but the whole family of the Hou family was one step ahead of her and had already gathered in the Heyan Hall.
Shen Yuyao leaned against the old lady cutely, and sat with the old lady on the couch opposite the door.
Sitting in the first position on the lower left side of the old lady was Shen Tingjun. After Sang Nianyue walked into Heyan Hall, his eyes had been falling on her.
And this was the first time Sang Nianyue saw him since that night.
She bowed to him properly, and there was nothing unusual about the whole process, and she didn't have the panic and uneasiness of being exposed in front of him that night. At this time, she was generous and dignified, and at first glance she looked like a well-educated lady.
Sang Nianyue saluted, and Shen Tingjun said calmly, "Get up." Then he lowered his eyelids slightly and drank tea as if nothing had happened.
Next to Shen Tingjun is Shen Tinglan, and Zhou Baolu is sitting next to Shen Tinglan.
After Sang Nuoyue walked in, the expressions on the couple's faces were completely different. Shen Tinglan tried to pretend to be calm, while Zhou Baolu forced a smile.
Opposite these three people, the second lady and her husband sat.
This is the first time Sang Nianyue has seen the second master of Wu'an Hou Mansion. He is thin and has a straight face, and he looks like an upright person. The second master served in the Yushitai, and his job was to enforce discipline and inspect officials. As time went by, he became more and more unkind.
Although his facial features are not similar to those of Shen Tingjun, in terms of temperament, he is about three to five points similar.
Sang Nianyue took a seat below the second lady, and after a few words of greeting with the old lady, the old lady no longer paid attention to her.
Because guests were arriving one after another, even the gentlemen had to go out to entertain the guests.
The first ones to come were the clan members of Wu'an Hou Mansion.
Yes, there are other people with the surname Shen in the Wu'an Hou Mansion. There are very few who have not left the fifth server, and there are only three or two families left. Most of the others are from the fifth server. Because their relationship is estranged, they usually don't dare to trouble the Wu'an Hou Mansion too much.
As for Shen Yuyao and Yousi, they chose girls from the side branch of Wu'an Hou Mansion. Shen Yuyao wants to call her cousin.
After that, the old lady’s natal family, Shen Yuyao’s maternal family, also arrived.
The old lady's parents have passed away long ago, and now her brother and sister-in-law are in charge. The old lady had been close to her sister-in-law when she was still in her boudoir. Now, decades later, the relationship is not estranged, but has become closer.
Shen Yuyao is also very close to her maternal cousins. Cousin Xu Lingwei has been her playmate since childhood, her best friend, and her admirer of hairpin gifts.
As for the official guests, please invite respected elders. Originally, the old lady wanted to invite the Crown Princess to come over to help Shen Yuyao, but considering that the Crown Princess and Yao'er were of the same generation, she changed her mind and invited the eldest princess instead.
This eldest princess is the current biological sister, and she has long since stopped doing things. She and the old lady were close friends. Before they left the palace, the eldest princess would most likely come to see the old lady every time she left the palace. Even now, both of them are grandmothers, but their relationship remains the same. Very friendly.
With this friendship, the old lady went to invite her personally, so there was no reason why the eldest princess should not come.
Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, there were more and more guests in Wu'anhou Mansion.
Although Sang Nianyue came over, she was self-aware and did not flatter and make friends with noble people. She stood in the corner the whole time and was quiet.
When she was bored waiting, Sang Nianyue suddenly saw Shuangli hurried over and said something in the old lady's ear.
The old lady's expression did not change, but Sang Nianyue had been in contact with the old lady a lot, and could tell from the old lady's calm expression whether she was happy or angry, indifferent, or secretly anxious.
For example, at this moment, Sang Nuanyue could tell that the old lady was a little irritable.
This is indeed the case. When the old lady heard that Shuangli said that Prince Su was coming, her scalp went numb.
There are two reasons why the old lady's scalp is numb.
First, Prince Su himself has a bad reputation. Although he was a prince, he did not hold a serious position in the court. He has been acting recklessly in the capital all day long. It's a bit too much to say that he acted recklessly. After all, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, and princes who broke the law were guilty of the same crimes as the common people. Prince Su was neither naive nor stupid, so he would not give the censor any clues.
But this prince is really generous. He is particularly unscrupulous when it comes to women, and even when it comes to men, he is also a master who can lead people to fool around when the mood strikes. Regardless of time or place, when one is drunk, one often performs a show of topsy-turvy in front of the public, or splits the peach with a broken sleeve.
In short, as long as he attended the banquet, the master would like to send someone to keep an eye on him at all times to prevent him from harming the maids or servants in the house.
If it's just a servant to pay back, the most fearful thing is that he will pounce on a guest when he catches him, and he won't be able to explain to him when he turns around.
(End of chapter)
